Good point, Tom
I guess I assumed that Bob had verified the 80m resonance.
Charlie, K4OTV
-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom W8JI
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 8:05 AM
To: Bob K6ZZ; topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Feeding 160M Vertical on 80M
> I have a 60' tall top loaded vertical for 160M and would like to know how
> best to feed it to use it on 80M as well. On 80M there will be some
> pretty
> high voltages at the feedpoint.
>
What is the top loading? Because something resonates on 160 m with something
on the top doesn't mean it will act like a half wave on 80.
Without knowing what the loading system is, nothing can really be answered.
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